Red-necked Crake
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| Rallina tricolor Gray, 1858 |
The Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.
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[edit] Description
The Red-necked Crake is a large crake (length 25 cm, wingspan 40 cm, weight 200 g). Its head, neck and breast are red-brown, with a paler version of that color on the throat. The Upperparts are grey-brown, while the underparts grey-brown with pale barring. The underwing is barred black and white, the bill green, and the legs grey-brown.
[edit] Distribution and habitat
Red-necked crakes live in the Moluccas, Lesser Sundas, New Guinea lowlands and adjacent islands, and north-eastern Australia. They are found in tropical rainforests and dense vegetation close to permanent wetlands.
[edit] Behaviour
[edit] Diet
The bird's diet consists of amphibians, aquatic invertebrates, crustaceans and molluscs.
[edit] Breeding
The bird rests on or close to ground in dense vegetation. It lays clutched of 3-5 dull-white eggs, the incubation periods of which are around 20 days. The chicks covered in black down, precocial and nidifugous.
[edit] Voice
The crake makes repetitive clicking calls and soft grunts.
[edit] Conservation
With a large range and no evidence of significant decline, this species is assessed as being of Least Concern.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International. (2007). Species factsheet: Rallina tricolor. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/6/2007
- Marchant, S.; Higgins, P.J.; & Davies, J.N. (eds). (1994). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings. Oxford University Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553069-1
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